xsl:function pass param to attribute of xsl:instruction

bonekrusher · March 31st, 2009, 08:40 AM

Hi,

Is it possible to pass a param with a type element() to an attribute of an xsl instruction?

for example:

Code:

<xsl:function name="f:getFigNum">
        <xsl:param name="parent" as="element()"/>
        <xsl:number level="any" count="//figure" from="{$parent}"/>
</xsl:function>

This gives me an Unexpected token in XMLspy -

Thanks,

Martin Honnen · March 31st, 2009, 08:45 AM

The from attribute of xsl:number takes a pattern. It is not an attribute value template so the curly braces {} are not allowed in there.

bonekrusher · March 31st, 2009, 08:52 AM

Hi,

Removing the curly brackets gives the same error in xmlspy and Saxon. is it possible to pass a value to the @from attribute?

thx

Martin Honnen · March 31st, 2009, 09:00 AM

No, the from attribute is a pattern, as is the match attribute of xsl:template (for instance). So you can't do
<xsl:template match="$var">
and you can't do
<xsl:number from="$var"/>
that is not allowed.

bonekrusher · March 31st, 2009, 09:06 AM

Thank you very much